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To: Glen L. Peden who wrote (135500)	7/4/1999 2:55:00 PM
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Anyone think this will increase sales of DELL? G.Lite could kick DSL into high gear June 28, 1999 Web posted at: 12:17 p.m. EDT (1617 GMT) by Nancy Weil (IDG) -- The new G.Lite standard for Digital Subscriber Line technology has the potential to push high-speed Internet access into homes, but if vendors have their way it also will induce consumers to buy PCs with faster processors. Such purchases are key to garnering support for the G.Lite standard, formally ratified this week in Geneva by the International Telecommunications Union. Vendors and the ADSL Forum hailed the vote as significant, even if anticipated, and predicted that it would push the deployment of DSL. "High-speed pipes drive demand for faster processors," says Mark Peden, an ambassador with the ADSL Forum, which consists of some 300 companies in the computer, telecommunications, and networking fields. Mighty Intel has tossed its chips into the G.Lite ring, as have other hardware and software vendors, as well as networking companies that provide equipment to PC makers and service providers. Telecommunications carriers and Internet service providers are expected to add G.Lite support to their offerings, and PC makers are likely to begin shipping machines that incorporate the technology next quarter. Telcos will be more inclined to quickly roll out G.Lite support because it is less costly for them and, therefore, for consumers. At least, that's the working theory behind G.Lite deployment. But just how easy consumers will find installation of the technology remains to be seen. "Once the PC companies are really comfortable that the phone companies are deploying this stuff, we think the dam will break and PC shipments (of machines with G.Lite technology built in) will go through the roof," Moberg adds. <b/>